Strathfieldsaye

25.0% of Strathfieldsaye's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

1,960 family households lived in Strathfieldsaye; 52.6% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

45.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Strathfieldsaye had 6,850 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Strathfieldsaye.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

35.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

51.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Strathfieldsaye had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 36.9% had four or more usual residents.

17.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

77.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.2% reported a different address.

8.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.2% of Strathfieldsaye's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Strathfieldsaye.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

26.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

38.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.5%.

Median household income was $2,237 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 17.9% in Strathfieldsaye, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 35.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.2% in Strathfieldsaye, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..